Judge Closes Criminal Investigation Against Former President Guillermo Lasso Two Years After the "Cross Death" in Ecuador

On Friday, May 16, the Criminal Chamber of the National Court of Justice (CNJ) closed the preliminary investigation conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office for alleged crimes of embezzlement and organized crime against the former President of the Republic Guillermo Lasso and other citizens.

A court ruling left behind the accusations that in 2023 were woven from correismo against then President Guillermo Lasso for his alleged involvement in the crimes of embezzlement and organized crime in the so-called Flopec Case.

By Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español A court ruling has put to rest the accusations that were woven in 2023 by the Correísmo against then-President Guillermo Lasso for his alleged participation in the crimes of embezzlement and organized crime in the so-called Flopec Case. This Saturday, the ruling issued by the criminal judge of the National Court of Justice, Daniela Camacho, was known, in which she accepts the request of the State Attorney G…

Ecuador’s former president Guillermo Lasso (2021-2023) described the case as “political show” this Sunday for alleged embezzlement in which he was investigated since 2023, and which was filed on Friday, about alleged irregularities in contracts of the state Fleet Petrolera Ecuatoriana (Flopec), a complaint that was the basis of the political trial against him. “Today justice has closed the Flopec case. After two years of investigations it has be…

The judge of the National Court of Justice, Daniella Camacho, filed the complaint for alleged embezzlement filed in 2023 by the Correista assembly member Mireya Pazmiño against then President Guillermo Lasso (2021-2023). This was due to alleged irregularities in contracts of the state oil fleet Ecuador (Flopec), accusations that were the basis of the political trial against the ex-mandatario. Camacho accepted the request made by the state attorn…

The judge of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador Daniella Camacho closed the complaint for alleged embezzlement filed in 2023 by the Correista assembly member Mireya Pazmiño against former President Guillermo Lasso. In that case, alleged irregularities were investigated in contracts of the state oil fleet Ecuatoriana (Flopec), accusations that were the basis of the political trial against the ex-mandator. The entry Flopec case: Judge files …